Exercising apparatus.



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y -PATENTPD DEG'. 18, 1906.

fA. P. SCHMIDT. PXERUISING APPARATUS.

APLIUATION FILED HAY 11, 1906.

No. 839,040.v

No'. 839,046. vIITENTEII pmla, 1906.

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EXE-RG'ISING APPARATUS. y APPLICATION FILED Mun, 190e.

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yADRIAN P.` scHMiDT,

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speeieation ef Letters Patent.

PATENT 'ornicn 'or NEWk YORK, YQ I APPARATUS. l

ratented Dee. 18, 190e.

Appiieetien tieafMey i1, lena/'senti No. 316,233.

T- a/ ZZ lwhomk irrrblctycnoert: l A Beit known that I, ADRIANP.4 SCHMIDT, a

" subject of the German Emperor, and a resiwMy lnvention relates to improvements in exercising. apparatus, `and particularly to4 dent of the boroughv of Manhattan, in the city'of New York, lcountyland State of New- York, have invented certain'new` and useful Im rovements in EXercisingApparatus, of

i.' [which the following is a specification, referf ence beinghad'to the `accompanying drawings; fQTDillg apart thereof.A 1 I A weight-lifting mea`ns.V y

` My, invention'consistsin an'` exercisingmachine comprisingy weight-lifting devices which are readily variable under the direct control ofthe userand it comprises many novel combinations` of parts and details `of construction, such as will be betterunderstood by.vr the explanation in detail of a compl'ete apparatus in which the invention iis embodied.v l will therefore proceed to de- .scribein' detail such an apparatus,fhaving reference tothe accompanying drawings, 1n which'sameis illustrated, and will thenvpoint "In the drawings, Figure 1y 1s a view incentral verticalflongitudinal section through the j exercising-machine. fFig. 2' is a transverse se'efripi. j viewlon t e plane,` of the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

sectionaly view thereof substantially upon the plane ofthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3'is a detail sectional view upon the plane of the line Fig. 4 is a detail sectional Fig. 5 is adetail view in longitudinal section through certain parts, including the pivotedhousing for the weighted lever and` certain correlated parts.y ,l Fig. 6 is a .face view of a yscale employed, together with certainl parts, vincludinglindicating-fingers arranged to register with such-scale; Fig.l 7 is a perspective view of the ventire machine on a much-rey duced scale.

)the intermediate lever.

rvThe casing of the machine comprises al base 1 ,end and side walls 2 3, and a platform 4. A lever v5 is pivoted at 6 tobrackets 7,y

lever provided'at its outer; end with a heavy'fspherical weight 8. lAbove vthe lever 5is anotherlever 9, which I will herein term Thisy intermediate leveris pivoted at 1() to a bracket 11, se-

' f cured to one of the end walls 2 of lthe, casing.

i l The bracket 11 is provided with'a projecting abutment 12,5wh1ch limits the downward movement of thesaid lever, supporting it normally in substantially a horizontal position. A link 13 is arranged to connect the two levers 9 and 5 together, the said link 13 ,beingv provided near its upper end with an opening 114 by which it may be caused to enage-at willwith any one of a series of studs 15, laterally projecting from the lever 9, and at'its'lower endbeing forked, as at 16, and provided with a transverse bolt 17, whereby -it will readily engage the said lever 5 in any kone of the-various positions to which it may be adjusted. j

' A third lever 18 is provided, the said lever being mounted in a housing 19, which houssupfportedfuponthe base 1 of thecasing, the sai ing is ,pivoted at 20 to brackets 21, mounted on a portion of the platform 4 or other part stationaryy with the casing. The said lever v18 is fitted freelyl within the housing 19, being permitted to passk longitudinally therethrough, The outer end of the lever 18 is .provided with a yoke or fork 22, to which is weight has apart 24, ywhich projects downwardl and is pro vided at its lower end with a hoo -like portion 25, adapted to engage withi teeth 26 upon the lever 9. When the vpartsare in their normal rest position, as they Aare shown in the drawings, the hook 25 is just out of engagement with the teeth 26, whereby the lever 18, with the weight 23 and rod 24, may be freely moved longitudinally lwithout hindrance from any engage- 'ment with the lever 9. The moment the weighted end of the lever18 is lifted, however, the hook 25 will be caused to engage upward movement of the weighted en d of the lever can-only be made against the resistance `of the lever 9 and anyparts connected thereto. The part24 preferably comprises a rod which passes clear through the weight 23, terminating at the upper end in a handle 38,

housing, as will be readily understood by ref- If desired,bymanipulation of thehandle 38 Y the hook portion of the handle 25 may be lever V9 and the weighted lever 5."

1 pivotally suspended ra weight 23. The said with the teeth 26 of thelever, and a further A IOO IIO

erence to Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. This engagement -of the yoke with the housing will prevent any accidental movement of the said yoke lengthwise of the housinghi. c., toward and away from the pivotal center' 20. To the upper end of the yoke is secured a handle 29, and to the said handle or other part fast to the yoke is attached a harness 30.

In using the apparatus the operator may conveniently stand upon the platform 4 and either grasp the handle 29 or fit the harness 30 to himself, whereupon he may carry out such weight-lifting exercises as may be desirable. Stationaryhandles 31 are provided, secured to the platform 4, which may be ene ployed when the harness is used and the hands are thus otherwise free.

The yoke 27 carries two pawls 32 and 33, pivoted thereto at 34, the said pawls being adapted to engage with rack-teeth 35 upon the under side of the lever 18 The said pawls and racketeeth when properly engaged constitute feeding means for the lever 18. The casing 19 is open at the bottoni, so that the teeth of the pawls 32 and 33 will be free to engage the said teeth. .The said. pawls are weighted, as will be seen, so that their normal tendency will be to swing inward toward an upright position. Stops 36 are provided, the same comprising screws threaded into the sides of the yokes and arranged to engage inclined surfaces 37 (see Fig. 3) of the pawls. By screwing in any one of these stops all the way one or other of the pawls will be thrown out of operative position, while by properly adjusting the other of said pawls the extent of movement of the said other pawl will be regulated as may be desired.

' When it is desired that both pawls shall be thrown out of operative position, both studs may be screwed all the way in, also an abutment 39 may be caused to engage the upper face .of the housing 19, so that the yoke and pawls will have no relative movement with respect to the said housing when the same is raised and lowered. When the abutment 39 is turned out of engagement with the housing 19, the yoke 27 will have some vertical movement between the shoulders 29 and either one or other of the pawls 32 33, whichever is so adjusted, will be permitted to operate. This operation will be as follows: Upon the downward movement of the yoke one of the said pawls-say, for instance, pawl 33- will be allowed by gravity to swing to a somewhat more vertical position-that is, the end which engages the teeth 35 of the lever 18 will swing inward toward the yoke. Then upon a lifting movement the said pawl 33 will impart a feeding movement forward to the lever 18, the said lever moving through 4the housing 18, as above explained, for this purpose, and the pawl 33 returning to the limit of its outward movement. By this j means the weight 23 may be shifted to a position farther and farther away from the fulcrum 20 at each complete up-and-down movement of the yoke 27. Thus graduallyincreasing resistance may be oilered to the j lifting of the yoke, as will be well understood. lf it is desired to perform two or three lifting operations without making such adjustment, it is only necessary to throw in the abutment 39 or to take care not to lower the yoke 27 a distance su'llicient to cause the pawls to feed, or to adjust both the pawls alike, so that neither one will be permitted by thel other to impart any movement. As the hook portion 25 is permitted to disengage the teeth 26 of the intermediate lever-9 every time the parts come down toa normal rest position and the initial upward movement of the yoke 27 effects the feeding forward of the lever 18, weight 23, and hook 25, such movement will not be impeded by the teeth 26, even though the handle 38 has been set to such a position as to cause the hook 25 to engage the teeth 26 when the weight 23 is lifted. The lifting will take place immediately after the feeding movement has been effected. The fork 22 of the lever 18 is provided with indicatingpointers 40, adapted to register with the graduations of various scales 41, provided upon an uprising portion 42 upon the platform 4. Tn the present instance I have shown six scales, Aone of which is intended to be used to indicate the weight resistance when the weight 23 only is employed-th at is, when the. hook 25 is turned out of position to engage the teeth 26 of the intermediate lever 9. The other five scales are intended to be employed to indicate the various resistances oil'ered by the weight 8 when the lilik 1. 3 is adjusted to engagement with thevarious studs 15 of the intermediate lever 9. These various scales may correctly indicate ust the resistance offered to the lifting-handle 29 or the harness 30. A further extension of the casing is provided at 43 to inclose the rear end of the lever 18 when it is in a rearward position, and a doorway 44 is also provided with a door 45, by which ready access may be had to the lever 13 for the purpose of adjusting it as may be desired. This door and doorway are shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 6.

In order to sustain the shock of the heavy weight 18, I have provided resistance means comprising two Ispring members 46, pivoted to the base 1 of the casing and connected together by means of a rod 47 and springs 48. This means will prevent undue shock to the machine in case the weight 8 is permitted to fall too quickly.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the machine has a wide range of applicability. By turning the handle 38 so as to throw the hook 25 out of its operative position the machine may be used for light IOO IlO

wrist'and hand exercises, the weight 23 being previously adjustedto any desired posi-v tionV and then locked in its adjusted position :parts carried thereby from the position in which it is shown in thev drawings to various other' positions along the housing between other shoulders 28, several of which are provided, as will be seen. Heavier lifting may be 'provided for by adjusting the hook 25 to engage the teeth 26, the resistance being again adjusted initially by means of initial adjustment of the lever 18, and alsoJadjusted, if desired, during the operation of the machine by permitting the feeding operation of the ratchet-and-pawl mechanism, as above explained, and initial adjustment may be still further effected by adjusting. the position of the link 13.4 For the heavier lifting the harness 30 may-be employed, said harness being allowed to pass over the body in any desired manner, and the handles 31 may then be gripped in order to obtain a greater purchase.

What I claim is- 1. An exercising-machine comprising a weighted lever, a pivotal support therefor, and a lifting member, said lifting member adapted to be adjusted longitudinally upon said lever, 'said lever arranged to be adjusted longitudinally with respect to said lifting member and with respect to the pivotal support thereof.

2. An exercising-machine comprising a Weighted lever, a ivotal support therefor,

and a lifting mem er, said liftingfmemberv adapted to be adjusted longitudinally upon said lever, said lever arranged to be adjusted longitudinally with respect to its pivotal support. f

3. An exercising-machine comprising a weighted lever, a pivotal support therefor, a lifting member, and means operated by the lifting member in its movement for adjusting the relationship of the weighted portion of the lever to that of the lifting member.

4. An exercisingmachine comprising a weighted lever, a pivotal support therefor, a lifting member, and means operated by the lifting member in its movement for adjusting the relationship of the weighted'portion of the lever to the said pivotal support therefor.

5. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted housing, a weighted lever arranged to be moved longitudinally therethrough, a lifting member, and feeding means for the Eveighted lever operated by said lifting mem- 6. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted housing, a weighted lever arranged to `be moved longitudinally therethrough, a lifting member, and feeding means for said lever arranged to be operated by said lifting member, the said lifting member being also capable of adjustment to various positions along said housing. l

7. An "exercising-machine comprising a pivoted housing, a weighted 'bar arranged to move longitudinally therethrough, a liftingl member, and pawls carried by said lifting member arranged to engage said bar for feeding purposes.

8. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted housing, a Weighted bar arranged to move llongitudinallyv therethrough, a lifting member, pawls carried by said lifting mem.- vber arranged to engage said bar for feeding purposes, and adjustable stops for the said pawls.

9. yAn exercising-machine vcomprising a pivoted housing, a weighted lever arranged to be moved longitudinally therethrough, a

lifting member, feeding means for the weighted lever' operated by vsaid lifting member, and means for locking the said lifting member to the housing, whereby the feeding means will be prevented from operating.

10.v An eXerclsing-machme comprismg a pivoted housing, a vweighted lever arranged to be moved longitudinally therethrough, a lifting member, feeding means for the weightedY lever operated by said lifting member, and a pivoted abutment for locking the said lifting member to the housing,'whereby the IOO feeding means will be prevented from operating.

11. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted housing 19, a bar 18 arranged to move therethrough, a lifting member including ayoke 27 arranged to engage the housing, and pivoted feedingepawls 32, 33, arranged to engage the under side of the bar 18 for feeding purposes, substantially as specied.

12. An exercising-machine comprising a weighted lever, a pivotal support therefor, a lifting member for said weighted lever, means for adjusting the relative positions of the fulcrum, the weighted portion and the lifting member of said lever with respect to each other, another pivoted weighted lever, and an adjustable connection between the said levers.

13. An exercising-machine comprising a weighted lever, a pivotal support therefor, a

lifting member for said weighted lever, means for adjusting the relative positions of the fulorum, the weighted portion Aand the lifting .member of said lever with respect to each other, another pivoted weighted lever, and means for connecting and disconnecting one said lever with and from the other.

14. An exercising-machine comprising a weighted lever, a pivotal support therefor, a lifting member for said weighted lever, means lIO second said lever When the first said lever islifted.

15. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted lever, adjustable lifting means therefor, an in-termediate lever, a Weighted lever, means adjustably connecting the iirst said lever with the intermediate lever, and means adjustably connecting the intermediate lever With the said Weighted lever.

16. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted lever, an adjustable lifting means therefor, an intermediate lever, an adjustable connection between said first-named lever and said intermediate lever, a Weighted lever, a link adjustably connected with said Weighted lever, said intermediate lever having a plurality of fixed points to which said link may be attached.

17. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted lever, an adjustable lifting means therefor, an intermediate lever, an adjustable connection between said first-named lever and said intermediate lever, a Weighted lever,

a link adj ustably connected with said Weighted lever, said intermediate lever having a plurality of fixed points to Which said link may be attached, said machine provided with a plurality of graduated scales corresponding to the varying degrees of lift represented by the several xed points of connection upon the intermediate lever.

18. An exercising-machine comprising a pivoted lever having a weighted portion, a lifting means therefor, means for adjusting the relation ,of the fulcrum, the lifting means and the Weighted portion of the lever with respect to each other, and a resistance means for supporting the weight comprising members arranged to be laterally spread against yielding resistance.

19. An exercising-machine comprising a lever, a pivotal support therefor, a Weight pivotally suspended from the end of the lever, -a lifting member, a rod passing through said 'Weight provided at its upper end with a handle, and at its lower end with a hook, and a lever with which said hook is adapted to engage.

ADRIAN P. SCHMIDT. Witnesses:

D. HOWARD HAYWOOD, LYMAN S. ANDREWS, Jr. 

